THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1978
THERE WILL ALSO BE THREE FAMOUS CHIU CHOW OPERAS BY THE HONG KONG SUN LOK SING CHIU CHOW OPERA GROUP WHILE THE FAMOUS MANDAR IN OPERA ACTORS, MR. KUO TIT-WAH, MR. LUK YING AND OTHERS WILL PERFORM EXCERPTS FROM FOUR OPERAS BASED ON ANCIENT CHINESE LEGENDS.
TO GIVE MUSIC ENTHUSIASTS AUDIO ENJOYMENT, THE FESTIVAL'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HAS ALSO ORGANISED, AS PART OF THE COLOURFUL PROGRAMME, CONCERTS BY THE HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, THE WAN KWONG CHINESE ORCHESTRA THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND, THE HONG KONG CHILDREN'S CHOIR AND OTHER LOCAL CELEBRITIES.
THE COMMITTEE HAS PAID NO LESS ATTENTION TO DANCE PERFORMANCES AND HAS SEEN TO THAT BOTH CHINESE CLASSICAL AND WESTERN FOLK DANCES HAVE WOVEN INTO THE PROGRAMME.
THE MAIN PERFORMERS WILL BE THE TSUEN WAN DANCE TROUPE AND THE HONG KONG FOLK DANCE TROUPE.
IN THE EXHIBITION SECTION, ABOUT 100 HONG KONG PAINTERS AND CALLIGRAPHERS WILL PRESENT MORE THAN 300 OF THE IR WORKS FOR DISPLAY AT A FOUR-DAY EXHIBITION AT THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA COMMUNITY CENTRE STARTING FROM JANUARY 8,
THE CENTRE WILL ALSO BE THE VENUE OF A PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION ON THE LAST THREE DAYS OF THE FESTIVAL PERIOD, FEATURING MORE THAN 400 PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKS BY DISTINGUISHED PHOTOGRAPHERS.
ON TOP OF THE FULL BUT BALANCED PROGRAMMES WILL BE
A PUPPET SHOW BY THE HON WAH NIN CANTONESE PUPPET TROUPE AND AN APPRECIATION SERIES ON CHINESE MUSIC, CHINESE OPERA, WESTERN MUSIC AND CANTONESE DRAMA.
IN ORDER TO GIVE PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE A CHANCE TO ENJOY THE FESTIVAL, NOMINAL CHARGES WILL BE IMPOSED ON ALL PERFORMANCES EXCEPT THE CANTONESE OPERA.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FESTIVAL'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, MR. CHAN PO-FONG, WHO ALSO SPOKE AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE POINTED OUT THAT THE FIRST TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL AIMED NOT ONLY TO GAIN EXPERIENCE TO PAVE THE WAY FOR THE SECOND FESTIVAL TO BE STAGED IN THE $23 MILLION TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL WHEN IT OPENED LATE NEXT YEAR, BUT ALSO TO INTRODUCE MORE HIGH-QUALITY CULTURAL ACTIVITIES TO TSUEN WAN.
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+BECAUSE OF THE VENUE AND FACILITY FACTORS, WE CANNOT EXPECT THE FIRST FESTIVAL TO BE AS MUCH COMPREHENSIVE AS HONG KONG'S MAJOR ARTS FESTIVALS, HE SAID.
+HOWEVER, IF OUR PILOT ATTEMPT CAN AROUSE THE CULTURAL INTEREST OF LOCAL PEOPLE, OUR OBJECTIVE OF PROMOTING ARTS AND CULTURE IN THE DISTRICT WILL HAVE BEEN FULFILLED.+
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